Peter Mayle Quotes
In the south of France the phones cut in and out, the electricity isn't particularly reliable. I think many people would get very irritated with that life.
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Weddings are really good for making you feel terrible about yourself if you're not where you want to be in life.
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I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.
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I don't want to talk about negative, dark things. The only thing I've got against stuff like Marilyn Manson is, they make unbelievable videos and unbelievable images.
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I once went to one of those parties where everyone throws their car keys into the middle of the room. I don't know who got my moped, but I drove that Peugeot for years.
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What I loathe is the multi-national conglomerates who must take responsibility for the degradation and pollution of so much of our landscape with their factory farming and greed.
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There is no bore like a clever bore.
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I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products do not.
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I am a citizen of the world.
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I had my moments when I got very frightened that I would not recover.
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A lot of times, songs can blend together on the radio because there's so many great songs out there.
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The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
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I like to make my name of songs strange.
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I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to chase down paychecks and manage foreign tax payments. I maintain a vibrant relationship with readers and bloggers. And when it comes to Hollywood, I typically have to have fifteen business meetings in the hopes that one leads to a project.
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Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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The teaching thing, the one where I have to impart my knowledge, is probably what comes the least naturally to me because I'm an absorber of things.
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At the end, it's your movie and your performance that stands out. So if I am a good actor, and if am being part of good entertaining engaging films, audiences will like me.
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Sometimes you have to exercise your insanity, to really make it strong.
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Differences among deaf people are okay, but we need to recognize those differences and work together.
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The world must come together to confront climate change. There is little scientific dispute that if we do nothing, we will face more drought, famine and mass displacement that will fuel more conflict for decades.
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Octavia Butler was more interested in writing a good story than in worrying about where to slot it.
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I don't know what the future holds, but I know that God holds tomorrow, so it is exciting. Even when I have hard things happen, He loves me so big, so much. I come through it and I grow from it, because He has got me.
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The characters I have the least in common with are the ones I have the greatest success with. The further a role is from my own experience, the more I try to deepen it.
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In the south of France the phones cut in and out, the electricity isn't particularly reliable. I think many people would get very irritated with that life.
